Book Review: Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics by Liping Ma
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Knowing and Teaching
FALL 1999 T TITLE of this article is also the title of a remarkable new book written by Liping Ma. The basic format of the book is simple. Each of the first four chapters opens with a standard topic in elementary school mathematics, presented as a part of a situation that would arise naturally in a classroom. These scenarios are followed by extensive discussion by teachers regarding how they wo...
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